AC 27/2/13 Item no. 4.67
UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI
Syllabus for Sem III & IV
Program: M.Sc.
Course: Biotec hnology
(Credit Based Semester and Grad ing System with effect M.Sc.
BIOTECHNOLOGY
SEMESTER- III Course Code UNIT PTC and ATC Credits L / week Introduction to primary and secondary metabolism, important pathways leading to biosynthesis of secondary metabolites in plants, Metabolic products produced from in vitro culturing of plant cells, selection of plant cells/ tissues for production of a specific products, I culture system in secondary plant 1 product, Biosynthesis- batch, continuous cultures, immobilized plant cell, Biotransformation of precursors by cell culturing, metabolic engineering for production of secondary metabolites, Hairy root culture, PSBT301 elicitation 4 Cryopreservation -Principle and types. II Germplasm conservation, Transgenic 1 plants-Edible vaccine, Golden rice Biology of cultured cells Culture vessels, Culture Media, III Microbial contamination, cross 1 contamination. Cryopreservation Primary culture: Types, isolation of tissues, culturing of different cells. Cell lines: Development, Subculture and propagation, immortalization of IV cell line, cell line designation, 1 selection of cell lines, routine maintenance, Cytotoxicity Transformation Culture of tumor cells Course Code UNIT Medical microbiology Credits L / week PSBT302 I Chromosomal disorders- 4 1
2 Karyotyping, G banding, Chromosome analysis, variations, chromosome painting Infections of Respiratory tract- Pneumonia,Tuberculosis. II Nosocomial- Psuedomonas. 1 Viral infections-HIV, Hepatitis. Fungal-Candidiasis Molecular diagnostics for Pneumonia, III Tuberculosis, Pseudomonas, HIV, 1 Hepatitis. Candidiasis IV Biofilms in medicine 1
Course Code UNIT Clinical Studies Credits L / week
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Course Code UNIT Developmental Biology Credits L / week Human Embryonic development: Events during fertilization, in-vitro PSBT304 I fertilization, Zonapellucidaa, 4 1 glycoprotein, Oelemma protein and their role in fertilization, sperm 3 antigens and their functional significance. Molecular and biochemical events during sperm function Post fertilization events: early embryonic development, establishing II multi-cellularity, formation of 1 blastula, embryonic germ layer, tracking of migrating cells. Molecular mechanism of sex hormone action and regulation of gene expression. Implantation and III endometrium antigens involved in 1 implantation. Immunology of pregnancy. Superovulation, embryo culture and embryo transfer technology. Infertility and reproductive vaccines. Frontiers in contraceptive research. IV Cryopreservation of sex gametes and 1 embryos. Ethical issues related to embryo research.
PSBTP301 PTC and ATC 2 4 PSBTP302 Medical microbiology 2 4 PSBTP303 Clinical Studies 2 4 PSBTP304 Developmental Biology 2 4
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1 PTC Media preparation Seed sterilization, Callus induction Isolation and induction of anther cultures using hibiscus Protoplast isolation Somatic embryogenesis
2 ATC Trypsinization, Staining of animal cells
-Monolayer formation (fibroblast) To assay the radical scavenging activity of a tissue hydrolysate -DPPH method
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3 Toxicology - MTT assay
4 Study and present a published clinical case report
5 Medical diagnostic – Identification of organisms from specimens (Multiple drug resistant S. aureus, Pseudomonas spps, Klebsiella pneumoniae, E. coli). Staining of Biofilms
Candling, Observing chick embryo- stages of development; 6 prepared slides/ preserved speciemesn